MILEPOST

milestone, milepost

(noun) stone post at side of a road to show distances

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

milepost (plural mileposts)

A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places

(rail transport) A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line)

Verb

milepost (third-person singular simple present mileposts, present participle mileposting, simple past and past participle mileposted)

To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).

Anagrams

• polemist, postmile

Source: Wiktionary


Mile"post`, n.

Definition: A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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